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Smarter Balanced

Sample Items and Performance Tasks

OSPI – Assessment and Student Information

October 11, 2012

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Today’s Topics

Website and teaser item

CCSS context for these items and Smarter Balanced tests

Navigating Sample Item webpage

Resources for reviewing

Customer support

FAQ

Smarter Balanced timeline

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Sample ItemsSmarter Balanced Website

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/

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Sample Item Teaser

Swimmers

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Sample Item Teaser

The Contest

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Purpose of Sample Items and Performance Tasks

Demonstrate rigor and complexity of ELA/literacy and mathematics items

Showcase

variety of item types:

Selected

response

Constructed response

Technology enhanced

Performance tasks

Help teachers continue planning shifts in instruction related to Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

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Career and college ready learning expectations for k-12

All students leave high school college and career ready

Vision

Purpose

Core Values

Every

Washington

Student

and

Educator

Our Vision:

Every student will have access

to the CCSS standards through high quality instruction aligned with the standards every day; and

every educator is prepared and supported

to implement the standards in their classrooms every day.

Our Purpose:

To develop a

statewide system

with resources that supports all school districts in their preparation of educators and students to implement the CCSS.

Belief that past standards implementation efforts have provided a strong foundation on which to build for

CCSS; HOWEVER there are shifts that need to be attended to in the content.

The How:

System “Remodeling”

Belief that successful CCSS implementation will not take place top down or bottom up – it must be “both, and…”

Belief

that

districts and communities

across the state have the conditions and commitment present to engage wholly in this work.

Professional learning systems are critical

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Shifts in ELABuilding knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts in addition to literatureReading and writing grounded in evidence from the textRegular practice with complex text and its academic vocabularyThese apply to content area (social studies, science, and technical subject) teachers as well as to English teachers.Shifts in MathematicsFocus: 2-3 topics focused on deeply in each grade Coherence: Concepts logically connected from one grade to the next and linked to other major topics within the gradeRigor: Fluency with arithmetic, application of knowledge to real world situations, and deep understanding of mathematical concepts

The “What”:ELA and Math Content Shifts

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Smarter Balanced Timeline(Summative tests)

47 districts invited to conduct Small Scale Trials in October/November